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Author Graf, William L., 1947- author.

Title Plutonium and the Rio Grande : environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age / William L. Graf
Published New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1994
©1994

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Description 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 1. Introduction and Related Research; 2. Plutonium and Los Alamos; 3. The Northern Rio Grande Basin; 4. Fluvial Sediment, Forms, and Processes; 5. Engineering Works; 6. Reparian Vegetation; 7. Plutonium in the Rio Grande System; 8. Annual Plutonium Budget for the Rio Grande; 9. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Upstream from Cochiti; 10. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Downstream from Cochiti; 11. Simulation of Sediment and Plutonium Dynamics; 12. General Lessons and Conclusions; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index
Summary Workers at the Los Alomos National Laboratory dumped waste plutonium from the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons projects into canyons draining into the Rio Grande. This book studies the movement of the plutonium through the river system, and is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs. The analytic methods employed will serve as a model for application elsewhere
Notes Previously issued in print: 1994
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Publisher information
Subject Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Plutonium -- Environmental aspects
Radioactive pollution of water -- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Radioactive pollution of soils -- Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Plutonium -- Environmental aspects
Radioactive pollution of soils
Radioactive pollution of water
North America -- Rio Grande Watershed
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780197560570
0197560571